Andrei Maslov, Director of the HSE’s Centre for African Studies and Seck Mactar, Chief of the Technology and Innovation Section of UNECA exchanged signed copies of the cooperation agreement. They met during the Africa World Summit on the Information Society that was held from October 9 to 11, 2024, at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. As […]
On 1 August 2024, Deputy Director of the Centre for African Studies Vsevolod Sviridov met with Professor Quinton C. Kanhukamwe, who is the Rector of the Harare Institute of Technology. Among the other participants were heads of faculties, research centers, and other units. The parties discussed promising areas of cooperation, including joint research in the […]
On 30 July 2024, Andrey Maslov, Director of the Centre for African Studies at the HSE University, and Deputy Director Vsevolod Sviridov, held a meeting with Tafara Matekaire, who is the Secretary of the Office of the President and Cabinet e-Government Technology Unit of the Administration of the Zimbabwean President. Tafara Matekaire highly appreciated the […]
On July 18, 2024, Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center, and Deputy Director Vsevolod Sviridov, met with Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, who is the Rector of Makerere University. Evgeny Kalashnikov, Russian Charge d’affaires in Uganda, also took part in a meeting. Mr. Nawangwe and Mr. Maslov discussed the Center’s expert and analytical report, as well as […]
On 18 July 2024, Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center, and Deputy Director Vsevolod Sviridov met with Chris Baryomunsi, Minister of Information and Communications Technology and National Guidance of Uganda. Among the areas of their joint interest is cybersecurity. On 19 July, the Center’s delegation met with Arnold Mangeni, Director of Information Security at NITA-U, […]
On 16 July 2024, Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center, and the Deputy Director Vsevolod Sviridov met with the Commission’s Director General, Nkundwe Moses Mwasaga, at its office in Dar es Salaam. Russian guests presented expert analytical reports, including a description of IT solutions to ensure food sovereignty, which is a challenge for African countries. […]
On 29 June, Denis Sassou Nguesso, the President of the Republic of Congo, was awarded with the diploma of Honorary Doctor of the HSE University. The President, who paid a state visit to Russia, spoke at the Academic Council of the HSE University in St. Petersburg. The diploma recognized his contribution to the development of […]
A delegation of the E-Gov Knowledge Sharing Program attended GITEX Africa 2024 where it held fruitful discussions with African partners regarding opportunities for collaboration in digitalization and participation in the Program.
On December 18-22, 2023, the Winter E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Week for African officials was held in Moscow at the HSE University. The week-long event welcomed 44 representatives from 23 African countries.
On December 21st, the HSE Center for African Studies presented a handbook on digitalisation of public administration in Africa…